Generation of Standard Laboratory Values for Pneumococci Antibodies

Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Reference Values

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00567632

1-Rose

Details and patient eligibility

About

The determination of reference values is a necessary basis for research and clinical routine testing for pneumococci antibodies

Full description

This study is meant to determine specific pneumococcal antibodies stratified for age. The investigators also correlate our assay with the results from a commercially available pneumococcal screening ELISA (iGG1 and IgG2) in order to facilitate a screening for immunodeficiency, and to monitor the success of a performed immunization

Enrollment: 500 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Subjects undergoing elective surgery

Exclusion criteria

• Chronic illness condition,
• Immunodeficiency